Gas-generator.



PATENTED SEPTfl, 1908.

G. F. SILVEY.

GAS GENERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1907.

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WI TNESSES:

I N VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. SILVEY, OF ALEXANDRIA, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-'FOURTH TOSAMUEL D. MONTGOMERY AND TIfIREE-EIGHTIIS TO SAMUEL W. MONTGOMERY, OFALEXANDRIA,

INDIANA.

GAS-GENERATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. SrLvEY, of Alexandria, county of Madison,and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and usefulGas-Generator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and convenientdevice for the generation of gas from crude oil and the like.

One feature of the invention consists in providing a series of readilyremovable tubes that form the retort in which the oil is heated and thegas generated, so that the matter which may adhere or stick to the innersurface of said conduit or retort may be readily cleaned away and theexcessive gumming up of the retort, as is the diHiculty with most de#vices of the kind, be thus prevented and remedied. To this end thedevice is made up of a main casting with holes through it for saidremovable tubes and that communicate with each other, and removable sidepieces to the casting for holding the tubes in place and forming a partof the conduit.

The nature of this invention will be understood from the accompanyingdrawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a transverse section through the device onthe line 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig.v 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3 3 of Eig. 1. Fig. 4is a perspective view of one of the tubes. Fig. 5 is a perspective viewof one section or half of a tube. Fig. 6 is a vertical section on theline 6 6 of Eig. 2.

In the first place, the device' consists of a retort adapted to beplaced over a burner or heater of some kind for converting the oil intogas. In detail there is a main casting 10 provided with a number ofparallel holes arranged in series into which tubes 11 may be insertedand from which they may be readily removed. In the drawings there areshown two horizontal series of these holes in the casting 10, one seriesover the other. There need be but one series of said holes or there maybe more than two, as desired. The tubes 11 are of the same length as theholes Y through the casting so that the ends of the tubes will be fiushwith the edges of the casting 10. The tubes may be integral or single,or they may be made of two longitudinal sections or halves, as shown.tion of the tube 11 is cut away at 12 so that when the parts are puttogether as shown in Fig. 4, there will be a lateral opening 12 at eachend of the tube, the opening at one end being diagonally opposite theopening at the other end.

The partitions 13 in the casting 10 located between the holes for thetubes 11 are cut away at each end at 14 to form a horizontal openingfrom one tube hole tothe next one in the series. When the tubes 11 arein place, the openings 12 at the ends of the tubes register with theopenings 14 in the partitions 13 alternately, as shown in Eig. 1. Sidepieces 15 are then secured to the casting 1() by screws 16 so that theyclose the extreme end openings of all of the tubes. The crude oil entersa supply pipe 17 and passes through the first tube which is in line withsaid supply pipe and then passes to the next tube in the same horizontalplane and returns to the front side of the device so that there is acontinuous and sinuous conduit causing the oil and gas to flow throughsaid tube first from one 'side of the device to the other until itpasses through one series of said tubes and then it passes down througha bottom opening 18 in one end pipe 11, an opening in the casting,through the opening 18 in the pipe 11 below, and thus enters the otherseries, here the lower series of pipes 11, and passes through itssinuous course to the outlet pipe 20. This forms a relatively long andsinuous conduit constituting the retort in which the oil is converted byheat into gas, and which very completely and thoroughly converts it intoa pure, light and volatile gas that is readily and completelycombustible. The adhesive substances and sediment in the oil collectswithin the tubes 11 so that at times `it becomes necessary to clean thedevice.

This is done by removing one of the side pieces 15 and pulling out thetubes 11, and since they are formed of longitudinal halves, they can bereadily cleaned and replaced.

Hence, it is impossible for this device, if properly cared for, to gumso as to choke. The tubes at their ends are adjacent the side pieces, sothat when the latter are removed, a

Each half or secpart of the end of each tube will roject so that pliersor ones lingers may rea ily grasp and withdraw them.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. Means for generating gas from crude oil including a main frame with aseries of holes therethrough, and removable tubes insertible in saidholes for forming a conduit and retort, said tubes being formed Ioflongitudinal sections, whereby the tubes may be readily removed andcleaned.

'2. Means for generating gas from oil including a casting with a seriesof holes therethrough with the partitions between them cut away to causecommunication between said holes, tubes removably insertible in saidholes provided with side openings at their ends and diagonally oppositeeach other and that register with the openings between the holes in saidcasting, and side pieces removably secured to said casting for closingthe ends ofthe tubes, whereby the series of tubes will form a sinuousconduit and retort.

3. Means for generating gas from oil including a casting with aplurality of series of holes therethrough with the partitions betweenthe holes of each series cut away to give communication between saidholes, and one series being placed above another series withcommunication between the end openand side pieces removably secured tosaid 4o casting for 'closing the ends of the tubes,

- whereby the series of tubes will form a sinuous conduit and retort.

ln wltness whereof, I have hereunto aHiXed my signature 1n the presenceof the witnesses herein named.

GEORGE F., SILVEY. Witnesses:

ARTHUR H. JONES, INEZ D. JONES.

